Phil Potter, a legend in the annals of club cricket, has died at the age of 87.

He took an incredible 3,645 wickets for Normandy, forming a three-way alliance with fellow seamer Alec Forbes - taker of 2,263 wickets - and wicketkeeper Fred Mayhead, claimer of more than 1,000 victims.

Potter had spells as both chairman and captain of the club and ran the bar for 25 years. His thirst for bottles of Guinness almost equalled his wicket-taking capacity.

His wife Mildred did the teas for around half a century and spokesman Len Mayhead said: "They didn't have children, their life was the club."

Potter's funeral will be at Aldershot Crematorium on Monday February 4 at 2pm, with a reception at Normandy Cricket Club afterwards.